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Subject: Total amateur! Help me setup!
Original Message 1/25 25-Nov-03 @ 05:50 PM - Total amateur! Help me setup!
Badmanspirits@aol.com
Message 2/25 25-Nov-03 @ 06:34 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
you need:
sequencer (cubase is one, logic, performer, sonar, yamaha RS7000, akai MPC series)
sounds (synths and or a sampler. a sampler is a good way to start)
a controller keyboard
a way to record/mix/burn cds (a PC/MAC with a good audio interface)
you can do it all with software, all hardware, or a combination of both. If youre PC savvy then SW is the way to go, if you dont know how to work out PC problems on your own, then HW is a better starting point perhaps
Message 3/25 25-Nov-03 @ 06:35 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
Best advice I can give you.
-Craig
Message 4/25 25-Nov-03 @ 08:29 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
good point
also check out Sound on Sound website...
Message 5/25 26-Nov-03 @ 09:20 AM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
There is loadsa free sequencers, syths and samplers availble through this mag and across the web. And they are not low quality either. In fact if you can find a copy of Computermusic where you are they include a decent set of these on the free CD with each mag + guides etc.
If I remember back to my days as I started out, SOS (although an excellent mag and resource which I now buy monthly) can blow your mind a little .
Good luck mate.
Message 6/25 26-Nov-03 @ 03:04 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
frankly you can chuck out good drum and bass with either a PC and a few freebie softwares plus a host sequencer (which can start low in price for something like Orion or Fruity etc)
or you could do it with a few bits of outboard
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Message 7/25 26-Nov-03 @ 06:33 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
I wanna do d'n'b/jungle and I think (hope) I've been DJing long enough to know what sounds pukka. I just need something that's simpleish to get to grips with. Is it Cubase that I'm looking for? I've also heard a little about Fruity Loops. Crackin name but any good?
Message 8/25 26-Nov-03 @ 07:51 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
For now I would concentrate on software. Read all you can about the software that's available. There are many classes of software music applications. Something like Kontact or Pro-52 is a plug-in software synth, which require host sequencers to use. Fruity Loops and Acid are compositional tools that are fairly easy to work with for building songs out of loops or hosting plug-in synths. Stuff like Reason or Project-5 are kind of all-in-one sequencing and synth apps, a step up from Fruity and Acid. Sonar, Cubase, and Logic are big packages. They have features for doing things like recording guitar bands and the like.
You should read enough about all the stuff above until you can identify what kind of software a particular package is, how it fits into the picture, and whether or not you have a use for enough of the features it provides to know if you need it or not.
I'm not trying to turn you off like "You gotta know all this shit"! I'm trying to help you find the knowlege to make informed decisions so you don't waste money or give up trying because you bought something too complex.
-Craig
PS - If I were to take the extreme easy way and just recommend something to you, I would advise you to look at Project-5 or Reason.
Message 9/25 26-Nov-03 @ 07:58 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
but all the classic Drum N Bass was done with midi and some synths and samplers
Message 10/25 26-Nov-03 @ 08:54 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
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